Optimizing nebulization practice

Optimizing Distributed Practice

9 Abstract. More than a century of research shows that increasing the gap between study episodes using the same material can enhance retention, 10 yet little is known about how this so-called distributed practice effect unfolds over nontrivial periods. In two three-session laboratory studies, we 11 examined the effects of gap on retention of foreign vocabulary, facts, and names of visual object...

Optimizing Java: theory and practice

The enormous popularity of the Internet has made an instant star of the Java programming language. Java’s portability, reusability, security and clean design, has made it the language of choice for Webbased applications and a popular alternative to C++ for object-oriented programming. Unfortunately, the performance of the standard Java implementation, even with just-in-time compilation technolo...

Aerosol delivery during continuous nebulization.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Continuous administration of aerosolized beta 2-agonists has been suggested as an effective treatment for severe reversible airways disease. To facilitate continuous therapy and avoid a feed system for small-volume nebulizers (SVNs), a large-volume medication nebulizer (Vortran HEART) was developed. The goal of this study was to determine actual drug delivery of the HE...

Optimizing triptan therapy in clinical practice

Optimizing Antibiotic Pharmacodynamics for Clinical Practice

In recent decades, emerging bacterial resistance is defying the efficacy of currently available antibiotics. Of the approximate 1.7 million hospital acquired infections in the US annually, a staggering 350,000 infections can be attributed to just a few multi-drug resistant pathogens [1-3]. Current consensus indicates Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobac...